[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—Perhaps the following dream, though only received at second hand, and somewhat prosaic in its features, may be deemed by you of sufficient interest to lay before your readers. The fact that I heard it from the lips of the late Professor H. Drummond may help to redeem it from the commonplace, since it is difficult to resist the spell thrown around him by such an attractive personality. He informed me that in the South of England he met with a mine overseer or owner, who dreamt that he visited a very rich mine, of which the features were distinctly impressed on his memory. Some time after, while inspecting a disused mine, he recognised in it the very mine of his dream, and immediately took a lease of it. To cap the story, the Professor added, with a touch of com- placency as I thought, that he had taken some shares in the mine himself. Whether the speculation turned out profitable or otherwise I am unable to staL.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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